shava isnt jordis alt account. its Ani and she my tribe!. good posts ani!
So far I've been playing this game (beta admittedly) for almost a year and still only paid once.
As far as I've concerned this is the best value for any online game I've ever played - really, in my view it is!
The problem for many is that new content is slow to materialise but if you're prepared to play this game casually you may find the rate of development is just fine. If your a 24/7 gamer (not sure how so many people can be, but it seems a fact of life in MMOs) then play this game in tandem with something else. Or keep an eye on it and check back later. Whether you like the game or not it's unrealistic to expect miracles and Shava/ani is right.
This game is genuinely much better than it was this time last year, but the progress is slow. If it's too slow for you then back off a bit but don't bad talk the whole concept.
First off, I agree with you shava 100%, But it's the second part that I think that needs to be heard by Notorious Games (AKA Jooky). I understand, And I think the gaming community understands how much work Jooky is putting into Xsyon day in and day out. We get you are working your butt off for us Jooky. But we feel like we are hanging in the wind on a lot of whats going on. We don't really know whats coming next. Jooky did a update and told us some things to come and what he is working on now. Thats great, But we should have already knew what was coming, What the team is working on.
We are past what most people would call beta, There will not be any more wipes. The ones of us that has been here for over a year, Knew that we would not know everything that you was working on, After all it was beta, But now, We are not in beta. We are in prelude, And that means the game is live. You(Jooky) have more players than you ever did in beta, And with as much stuff that could go wrong, And did go wrong with the start. People are very jumpy, Even with fanboys like me telling everone every thing is going good. Give them time and all will be OK. People need to hear from the team. There needs to be someone that can do this for us. I know we have a CS now, But this does not seem to be part of there job. There has to be a team member that can update on the fly the patcher with real time info on server being online or off. If the server is down, Why? If it's a patch, What went into the patch. This same person needs to be posting here on the forums giving us daily updates of what is being worked on and ETA's on what is next to come. This person would have to be in the loop with Jooky so that he knew everything. I know NG only has so much money, But I would rather it take a little long for stuff to go live, And us know what is going on. Than for us not to know anything till it happens.
Nope. I know a lot of folks separate their RL and gaming identities, but I don't care if I do. I have an industry blog on Gamasutra, and regularly write about the games industry.
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ShavaNerad/2778/
I do social media and PR consulting for games companies, but Notorious is not paying me for this (altho IMNSHO they need someone like me! ), I'm doing this as a fan.
I am a professional. Do not try forum aikido at home. On second thought, please do.
Heh.
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